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  1. Okay so I swear I searched and tried to find this info on my own and I've learned alot about lifting legacies in the process but I just put the legacy out to pasture. So I want to lift my 99 OBS. Cheap and easy (can't find my spring compressors at the moment) preferable, so it seems like spacer blocks or a longer strut complete with spring from a junkyard are the two choices. There is a very cheap pull your own part junkyard near me and I just got a new grinder that I'm dying to use so cutting out strut assemblies gets my vote. Also will be a daily driver so I would like to avoid changing CV axles every month- I'm thinking 1-2". Questions: -What would I be looking for at the junkyard-forester? -Long shot- Is there a beefier/longer CV axle that fits right into my car- forester again? -I know if I make spacers they should be offset a few degrees...I read somewhere that someone was talking about bending steel with an oxy torch-why couldn't I just cut it at an angle? -Is my precious little 2.2l engine going to be able to power tires a couples inches larger than stock without complaint? How about my automatic (bummer, I know) transmission? Thanks for the help. Even if it's a link to the thread that has all the answers to these questions that I should have already found.
  2. Thanks for the responses..just shook hands on buying a '97 2.2 legacy with 129k and a bad heater core so now I'll have two cars that can't hold coolant.
  3. Did I mention I go through a gallon of coolant a week? Might be losing some of that from a heater core though...
  4. Probably not the case for you but... I overheated outside of Chicago 700 miles from home and 700 miles from where I was going. Freeway driving, out of nowhere, straight to the red line. I was 100 percent sure it was head gaskets. Turned out to be the 7 dollar radiator cap. Can't hurt to give it a try.
  5. Hi all, not really a specific question here, just a hypothetical what-woud-you-do? I've got an 01 legacy with 215k on it. No rust, well maintained in terms of struts, rotors, pads, bearings, ball joints, tires... you know, the cheap stuff. I popped out and chewed up a front CV the other day (I did it while drifting by a Honda in the snow...so almost worth it). One head gasket is imminent- no overheating, loss of power, radiator bubbles, codes, or mayonnaise in the oil... but sweet-smelling exhaust and a bad external coolant leak. And it's got normal cold start piston slap. I feel wierd sending a car to the scrap pile for a 150 dollar fix...but if I fix the CV I'm going to have to fix the HG in two months...and do I really want to fix the HG if it could possibly crack a piston ring at any time? Would you scrap a car that just needed a new axle?
  6. I've got an '01 Legacy and I'm riding on worn 205/65 r16's on the front and newer 195/60 r16's on the rear. I'm thinking it's time to replace the front tires. Most places on the internet (which don't have people as knowledegable as ultimate subaru) say that I absolutely must change all four tires and have them inflated at exactly the same pressure all the time or my center differential will blow up. I'm a cheapskate so if I can only buy two I'd like to. And if that means I might have to drop $1000 later a new differential I'd rather not. What should I do?
  7. What are the chances the strut pops off of my car if I torque the top center nut (you know, the one that holds the strut in the assembly) by cranking it until I can't anymore by hand with a wrench?
  8. I LOVE THIS FORUM! AHHHHHHHHHH! Quick responses! Coupons! Yay! p.s. I got cheapo spring compressors from harbor freight.com 17 bucks shipped. Dont have air wrench to compress them tight but I figure I can jack it up by the suspension so the spring is compressed, throw the compressors on, let it down then jack it up by the frame. That way i'm not crankin on the spring for hours to shrink it an inch or two.
  9. Thanks. That was easy, so here's the next one. Do I need a spring compressor/ is there a chance the spring flies off and kills me if I do this myself?
  10. Okay I'm kind of embarrassed about this but here we go....My Subaru (01 Legacy L) rolls hard and jumps/floats when hitting bumps and cornering. THe problem is in the rear suspension. I go to the auto parts store and ask for the part I need... and they have the choice of gas shocks or rear struts. The picture looks the same for each, and they both look like whatever's attached to my car. Pretty sure these are stock so..... Do 01 Legacy L's come with struts or shocks in the rear? If shocks, are they gas?
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